ELLIOTT BROOD at the Avening Hall!!
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by Brad Holden
There is a rising resistance to the Ontario government's approach to wind power in this province, and its epicentre last Saturday was at Station on the Green.
Before a standing-room-only crowd of at least 250 people, local ratepayer group Clearview WAIT enlisted a convincing group of speakers, culled from the province-wide anti-wind movement, to lay out its concerns with the Green Energy Act and its push toward what it refers to as "industrial wind turbines."
These turbines can be 425 feet tall, and as WAIT spokesman Colin Huismans pointed out at the meeting's outset, there are currently three areas within Clearview Township where these towers might appear in the future. Skyway 124 has been granted 10 MW of capacity and is currently halfway through its environmental review for an area near Maple Valley, and while the review is currently on hold, if it is restarted under the new Green Energy Act construction could begin as soon as this summer. WPD Canada has secured land leases just west of Sta....read more
by Brad Holden
A banjo, a scratchy voice, a beat-up acoustic guitar, a distortion pedal and a bare-bones percussion kit featuring a suitcase for a kick drum.
These are the basic elements of an Elliott Brood show, almost haphazard in the way they evolved and came together to form the band's rustic vibe.
"A lot of things happened kind of by accident," explained Casey Laforet, who provides guitar, backing vocals, bass pedals, keys and ukelele to the Elliott Brood mix, all while seated on a creaky old chair and wearing a suit and a pair of socks.
"The reason why I sit down is because back when we started I didn't have a strap for my guitar, and the acoustic-through-a-distortion pedal thing started after someone gave me an old pedal for a pack of smokes or something back in high school. I had it sitting around, so I decided to use it."
Of course, combined with this patchwork assembly of instruments is one other ingredient, one that will be in ample evidence when the Brood visit Avening Hall on Sa....read more
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